Rabia Mobeen, Jahanzeb Durrani, Haris Tareen, Faisal Rashid, Mohammad Siddique.
Proportion of Dry Eyes in patients of Computer Vision Syndrome.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;14(3):5-8.

Purpose: The key purpose of this study was to evaluate the proportion of dry eyes in patients of computer vision syndrome. Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional study. Material & Method: 100 students (55 males and 45 females) of King Edward Medical University, Lahore and HBS Medical and Dental College Hospital, Islamabad, having age group 18-30 years of both genders were included in the study. Data was composed using a structured proforma and 22 items questionnaire in all age groups having computer vision syndrome. Results: The schirmer test was performed to assess dry eyes in patients with computer vision syndrome. The results showed that 82% of patients with computer vision syndrome suffer from dry eyes as mean value on schirmer test was 9.52mm and 18% patients were normal with no dry eye symptom as the mean value on schirmer test was 15.44mm. The p-value (p=0.01) shows highly significant association between dry eye and computer vision syndrome. Conclusion: It is concluded that there is risk of dry eye patients among CVS as assessed by schirmer test. This risk increases with the duration of computer usage and elderly females are more prone to develop dry eye syndrome as compared to males.

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